Great sporting moments

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Great sporting moments are taking place throughout February and March 2011.

Rugby, cricket, golf, athletics, rowing, racing, football and Formula 1 make weekends more entertaining. Whether you prefer watching the big screen, wrapping up for the ultimate weekend freeze or getting the mates around with a few tinnies and a decently hot curry, we’ve listed a few events to help you plan.

It’s an action packed few weeks with the Six Nations continuing, the Boat Race and the start of the F1 season.

Having once acted as Cox from Henley to Oxford, as the shortest and lightest person in the group at the time (the actual cox had quaffed too many tinnies the night before), I marvel at the lightest ever coxes; Francis Archer (Cambridge 1862) and Hart Massey (Oxford 1939) who both weighed in at a meagre 5 stone 2 lbs (32.66 kilos). It’s heartening to hear that there is now a 55kg weight limit for coxes in The Boat Race. This compares wildly with the 2007 Cambridge Blue Boat and their heaviest oarsman, Thorsten Engelmann, the stroke man who weighed in at 17 stone 6lbs (110.8 kilos). That’s real dedication to duty.

Rugby – Six Nations

26 Feb – Italy v Wales, England v France

27 Feb – Scotland v Ireland

12 Mar – Italy v France, Wales v Ireland

13 Mar – England v Scotland

19 Mar – Scotland v Italy, Ireland v England, France v Wales

Rugby Union

25 to 27 Mar – Hong Kong Sevens

Cricket

19 Feb to 2 Apr – World Cup: India / Sri Lanka / Bangladesh

Golf

23-27 February World Matchplay Championship

Athletics

4 to 6 Mar – Euro Indoor Championships

20 Mar – World Cross Country Championships

Rowing

26 Mar – The Boat Race

Racing

15 to 18 Mar – The Cheltenham Festival

26 Mar – The Dubai World Cup

Football

27 Feb – The League Cup Final

23 Mar – European Qualifiers: Wales v England

Formula 1

13 Mar – Bahrain Grand Prix

27 Mar – Australian Grand Prix

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